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Telegram-herald., 1887-03-29

BESIDE The above we rtriy full linz of DevO
iiouai and reiCious WORKS siitsbc for reading
during BE Leoien seasCn. Payer Books. ymsal..
6ihic-, Te-tGment> etc. etC.
The American Almanac fer 81, 25c.
foil line of hianx books Cfiirc supplies
school Books, stationery. Correspondent Pa OF
fne Box. fabief. nr Quire. Pencils Gold. steel
al Quil rrns. 2 "a. Nf0nogr IIns, Cards In
grated AMI Nrtt@n
MAJ o-lers sor books promptly attended 70.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
CIRCULATION OF PARIS PAPERS.

Their Large Profts-Advertising Returns
Newspaper Announcements.
The Paris newspapers make a large profit
on their clrculation-when they have any
The Petit Journal sells for a sou. but thf
other dailies are rated at two and thret
SOUS apiece, and, as mentioned, their com.
position and press work, and the small
quantity Of paper their editions require are
very cheap. They are, however, under SOM
expenses OF which American newspaper
publishers have 10 knowledge. In Paris.
1or example, every newspaper is distributed
By its own carriers. There is no general
distributing agency and no carrier under
takS 10 serve more thar one paper. The
carriers, too, must bear the papers to the
venders in the kiosks. All this means delay
and outlay for the publishers.
Eor are the advertising returns 10 be
compared with those of American Or Eng
Esh journals. The theatres do not adyer-
Use, the railway companies do not advertise,
ana the advertiser generally is a rather
shy bird, except when the newspaper is OF
ancient foundation and wide repute. On the
other hand. there are daily journals in
which every hne is made to pay, and TO paw
handsomely. In one of the great dailies.
following an article by the chief e1itor. one
often happens upon a paragraph ~announc-
ing. for instance. that m. Brown" the
new novel, has reached its ifti-th eiition-r
The writer adds: This is not at all WON
derful. when q takes into account the re-
talent of the author, N. Robin
Inquiry at the Librairie NouveIle
having disclosed the fact that the origin.,
edition Of m Brown" is still on the pub
lsher's shelves it IS plain that the news
papers announcement is a rcclame. and a
reclame Of this sort is quoted at about zoo
francs
Il IS almost The rule for local man.r-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
Stones which Lovers Buy.


"Tbe girls are growing more mercenarJ
every year" remarked the senior member
Of a Broadway jewelry firm the other day
"Why, if the young men only knew-bui
then it's none Of our business Here come.
another, I'll bet"
A fair creature enveloped in sealskins and
wearing the jauntiest little bennet eve
turned out of a milliner's hands walked Ut
to the count with a business like air. Div
ing into her reticule she brought forth a tiny
Jewel case containing a diamond.
"Wil you tell M, sir, what it win cost to
ave this ~duplicated:"
The expert In diamonds looked at the
young lady severely and inquired if she de-
sired to have the setting exactly similar.
"Oh, yes. l must have something the
exact count =rpart" she replied, somewhat
embarrassed
Examining the stone the jeweler stated
that he could furnish a similar one and set
it for 500.
"Wcll. I declare, I thought it would cost
at least $3.50" exclaimed the fair creature.
'Tell me, is this not a pure white stone"
mo, madam, it is not. It is OF color and
has not the requisite fire. But it is a fair
stone for 800"
After the lady had departed the ieweler
sighed and said that she made the tenth.
"You see, said he, ''ncarly every young
man believes it the proper thing to present
his best girl with a diamond. Many Of them
cannot afford to pay for a gem which is of
the best grade, 50 they buy a stone that is of
color, thinking that the young lady, not
being al expert, will never know the differ
But bless you, some are a match for
them every time. They shipper and smile
and exclaim: 'Oh, how lovely but as soon
as convenient they slip around to a jewelry
store and find out its true value. Now. that
young lady has no idea Of getting a duplicate.
She took that means of sizing up how much
her dear George loved her. We are both
cred to death with such visitors"-New
York Mail and Express.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
Advice to Newspaper Contributors

Write only when you have something to
say and then charge a price for your work.
Not the price that you wish t get but that
which the overstocked market is likely to
pay. Ard, though Maurice Thomson did
say: 1.-THE waste basket is the true cradle Of
literary art, " do not cradle your own work
ia your own basket unless you are quite sure
that its i'll success is due to lack Of worth
rather than to the fact that you sent it to
the wrong stall. Vegetables won't do for
boutonnieres, remember, any more than roses
will satisfy the pangs of hunger. So send
your farm products 70 the green grocer's;
your crisp facts to the daily press, not to the
magazines. 1t is so true that ignorance Of
the section where readers wait to absorb
just what you are waiting to print consigns
a forceful message from your brain to theirs
to an untimely grave in the waste basket.
Last, if a manuscript is not satisfactory
when completed do not send it out. but Law
aside until one day you pull it out Of its
pigeon hole for reperusal. Then to open it
will prove either a pretty good thing. or
when you come to FOUR well cooled ideas as
to a strangers the one thing lacking will Re
at once aIprehended and supplied. Make it
moneys worth and claim your wages-or
leave the field for those who are living to
work and working to hve.-Trebor Obi in
The Journalist.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19

- 1~sUf1an "p9enTu eoenp6 mS0 cU0
tract with two Or three Of tho principal
newspapers for . certain quantity Of space,
to b filed BY them annually. At stated Pc
RODS. From Is francs to Is francs . linz
Is demanded for this privilege A year OF
two ago one Of the leading dailie made
room for . news item announcing the b.
trothal Of a young American girl to an Ital-
ian prince. Although no names were used
the persons referred to could not be mis-
taken. The mother of the maiden advised
the editor that the report was groundles
refused to do. Then she sent him a letter
with . request that be would print it over
her signature. The editor was willing, but the
letter. be said, must be paid for. It ap-
peared in print, and so francs q line was the
price exacted and paid for its publication
New York Times
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19

The natives Of Peru chew the leaf of the
coca bush from which the cocaine is ex-
tracted, and It produces in a modified degree
the same results as the sulphate of cocaine
when taken internally, reports Of whose raw
ages appear in the papers from time to time.
The miners Of that country will not work
unless twice a day for half an hour they are
allowed to chew their rations Of leaves, and
then they are ready to endure any hardship
and work day and night. They are abso-
lutely enslaved by it, as it is said that any
80 BEGINNING to use it is bound to ba-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
Telegraph Operators Rapid wri.er..

During the great Boston fire an operator
in New York received 249 messages tween
Z O'Clock and noon. and sent ZIG during the
afternoon of the same day. The messages.
including the addresses, signatures, date lines
and cheeks" averaged thirty words. Thus
during the five hours he was welding the
pen be copied over $500 words, or 1,5OO
words an hour. There are a dozen operators
in Philadelphia who could beat even tina. if
they were called upon to do it. These men
would probably not break the sender once in
an hour if the latter was a good operator,
and, when through, it is doubtful if they
would remember a word they had penned.
The operator is simply a machine. The sound
Of the instrument enters his ear and runs out
his arm to the nib Of bis pen to the paper.
The writing becomes almost Involuntary
Exchange.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Esra e of Christopher Fl. Hart. deceas ed.
Notice is hereby given bv the undersigned,
ublic Administrator srf Administrator Of the
ste of CHI stnpaer Il. Hart deceased. +, the
redir = # and all Per ons having claims agsinst
ne said dece. 81. o exhibit them, with the nee
-ary vouchers, within ten months after the
ri pub icsripn Of this not &C, u the said Ad-
a!7is-rs-pr al Probate Court Room in the City
/ Butte il the County of silver Bow, n. T.
Dated February It-h, 1851.
GEORGE PA>COE.)
Public Adm;n;srraro, sni Adnin-'ratorl
II Estate Of Christie II. Hart deceased
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
Memorial to Hichland Mar.

The memorial of Highland Mary has
taken definite shape. 1t appears the pro-
posal originated with tie Glasgow Cowal
society, who ask the cooperation of all
Burns clubs in the erection of a memorial to
Highland Mary at her birthplace, Dunoon,
in Cowal. The site they have ofered-the
rocky ridge Of the Castle Hill. between the
read and the seas very prominent, and
the memorial, when erected, viii be seen
from q great distance, aud all the Clyde
steamers wiz Pass within a stones throw of
it. The subject and the site alike demand q
handsome MISUNDERSTANDING Leader.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
HEART SERENADE.
as the music Of a cloud,

Silent as the music Of a cloud,
I'll not sing my serenade aloud;
Tho sh thine eyes are closed in happy sleep
Vel l know thy heart lis tryst will keep.
Ard viii hear flow through the Tranquil night.
Ay singing heart. and understand Alright
Throw a thought Of love from thy repose
As . wakened mail might throw a rose
George Birdseye.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19

--U n@ e Wn1cn Donoc1a 0M-
vennous furnish shutting and uiffing with
the scales OF justice-kipping his ~fingersdovn
upon the beam-but I fancy l ee behind him
tie court pageant Of that other itinerans
Judss-wTtb his rope and unerring rid|I
mean Judge Lynch.-Henry Hooper in Gin
c4uxnti Commercial GaBeto
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
THE YESTERDAYS.
tel a eone Of the YeSerda1s

tell q song Of the yesterdays,
In tones that are sad and low,
AMI the tale is woven Of sishs AID tears
OF blasted hopes AMI heart sick faars;
And many a voice from the vanished years
Thro' memory's portals dow.
Using q soug of the YESTERDAYS
Vii the burden Of many tears.
And the song has the sound Of a funeral k,en.
That struck with the chimes of a weddin. bell
And minslng, make the weirlest spell,
When echoing thro' the years
paint q sketch Of the yesterdays
In colors Of sonber hue,
And the sketch son canvas now faded and worn.
Whose warp and woof are tie years long sown
And the colors are mixed with the tears thev,rs
borne,
And the tints are Of ashes and rue,
1dreamed a dream OF the YESTERDAYS
That meniory's whispers bring,
And the dream is ct hops forever aed.
That manhooj's ardent fires fed.
All. aga IS a requiem over them dead.
That only a few may sing.
But III give a smile to the yesserdavs
For smiles from tears are won,
Such a smile as will dawn OF a yonn, child. s.-
When Eooked-for joys its grief efTace.
" It's fears. yet hopes. for a parents graca
With the rays OF the setting sun.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
Peril from Lightning.

DR.. Andres estimates that the peril from
Lightning is now from three to five fold
greater than i: was fifty vars ego. owing
to the vastly increased electrical intensity.
induced by the charging OF the a,lnosphere
with steam and smoke at all center. OF
population.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19

Thirty Quails in Thirty Days.
I see another man has made a failure to
e2s thirty quails in thirty days. 1t has been
done by several people, but l can assure you
it is a very great feat and the man who &C
complishes it has a stomach of which he may
be proud. I ave often wondered why q
man cannot eat thirty quais in thirty days.
and have never had the reason satisfactorily
explained On one occasion my curiosity got
the better of me. and in the interest of science
l quietly started out to see if a strictly tenn
perate and healthy man could not eat quail
right along without feeling any bad ELECTS.
Well, l disposed of twenty. l began 10
weaken before l reached that number, but /
persisted until it became too great a punish
ment and then l quit l presume l could
have eaten thirty, but consulting my health
and comfort l concluded that my curiosity
had been sufficiently gratifed and quit. 1t
was a long time after that before l could en-
dure the sight of quail on the able. AMI even
now half a dozen q year are enough for me,
and they have to be fixed up in a very tempt
manner if l touch them. '-Councilnlan
in Globe-Democrat.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19

PsHsAisg the Cha1Pton Df.Dse L
Greatcuwds collect every evening at Hoa-
born to so the process Of polishing what Is
deemed the champion diamond Of the world.
Within sight through the large plate glass
window the artist sits at his bench before the
little upright wooden stand. On which. fast
ened with the composition used for the pur-
pnea, stands the half polished diamond, one
part described IS being rough and dull as
rock SALT the other flaming with internal fire
The artist works on the stone with q curious
looking poiisher. an instrument described as
resembling a thickish bit of ordinary 6re-
wood, with one end cut edgewise and covered
with composition. and keeps scrubbins n
szubbing with . gentle 6rmneN 1t Is
stated that the diamond. which is from
South Africa. will when fully cut number a
third more carats than the Koh-i-noor, which
win have to hide its diminished head in the
presence of a luminary bigger than billiard
ball The jewel is worth half . million.
The very chips that are cut OF in the polish
ing fetch small fortunes The king of
Portugal gave 40,0O0 for on of them
Boston Transcript
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
HlIh Priced ShAkespea.

In one Broadway store you can get a
fair Shakespeare for $2.75, or, it your
pure IS large enough, you can go ND to thu
supendous figure of $500. This, 1 think.
b The highest On the whole list, IS it ven
ny b -Gsw YeEk Nah and Exs-
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
paint a sketch Of the yesterdays
And the ,ints are Of ashes and rue

An inch advertisement In q live Newspaper
Z worth two on . dead trea. -Whiteh.u
1imA
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19

"nDHFOR ALL. 8 . week,
Ohhand expenses peid. Valuable
NIT AMI particulars free. r. o. v1CkERY
augusta, Maine.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19

"A Boston Driver with Brains.
A heavily loaded sleigh was stuck on a car
track in Scollay square. The street was
badly blocked in consequence, and a crowd
gathered as usual. The horse pulled we'll,
but he could not move the load. The crowd
shouted and offered all sorts Of advice.
"Why don't you whip bim;" one man
asked, and at the same time be lifted a whip
and was about to ply it round the animals
legs. The horse had become very restless
and pranced about without pulling efec.
lively.
"Don't you strike that horse" the driver
shouted. 1--WE driven this animal a good
many years and know just what he can do.
l have never struck him with a whip, and I
don't intend to now. If you fellows will
only stop your COMPOUNDED yelling the horse
will be all right. He is 50 frightened that
he doesn't now what to do"
Patrolman Ruby Quoted the crowd, and
in . few minutes the horse Gained down,
Then the driver stroked his lead and said in
q quiet tone: "Come, John, it's all right
now" The horse made another effort and
7cceedsd in clearin9 the t1ck-Bogton
Queen Victoria Fifty Years Ago.
Mrs. Martha ]. Coston's amusing descrip-
ton of Queen Victoria recalls an equally IN.
conventional one written from London fs.y
years ago by Mr. D. N. Hayden, of Louis.
vile. Mr.. Hayden was a great beau and,
moreover, a most brilliant and scholarly
man. His letters are all charming and well
worthy of publication.
"LosDos, June, 1871 had seen the
queen while a princess on several occasions,
a la distance, but had no opportunity until
the present of scrutinizing her features or
marking the expression OF her countenance.
In height she appeared to me below the
medium size, the forehead and brow not at
ell remarkable, but the eye clear blue and
full OF expression. Skin and complexion
good. The rest of her features commonplace
with the exception Of her mouth, the most
remarkable feature in her face, expressive Of
obstinacy, indifference NC p~etulancy, quail
ties that from various anecdotes already
af1oat relative to her intercourse with her
mother, as well as her prime minister she
certainly possesses to a high degree. Der hair
IS iisnr ana ~oaautltuI, feet and HAND OF
course well shaped-and thus ends my candid
description of the queen of England, which,
though not facterins, il faithful New
York Granhie
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19
"A Boston Driver with Brains.

John Ericsson is now 81, and knows all be
ever learned.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-19

racklesiy as a flock of birds at the sound Of
a hupters shot. They disappeared as If BY
magic. and left onlv the sheriff. his hor>e,
Long Jim and a couple Of bystanders. The
colnTuv which followed was amusing a. well
as instructive.
Sheriff tstiIl rubbing bis head and sizing
the bump On the back OF it with bis fnserj-
Yes, sneak awav like q lot OF thieves! I
know ZOO. See il I don't fill the county jai.
with a hatch Of you devils before long. This
Is murder in the first degree, and my evil
dence will hang somebody. Isay, Jim, did
you hit met
Long Jim tssin carexirg his rinel-Not yet,
Georgey-
Sherf-Nn: and ynn'd better not com
r,enne. l tell yer. You had better sink away
With the rs.. This wa< murder. AMI don't
you forget it. Bill was entitled to q fair trial
and justice.
Long Jim soornfullyi-Fafr trial and JUS
Sheri8-Ye, q fair trial and justice.
BY G..
Long Jim-Where do you git them things.
Not in your legal circus, old boy. You kin
get lawyers jaw and Jesge wagglewaggle.
Justice. Nary justice. Now, Georgy. Just
t'Se up your neal-l mean the 'front.' OF Il
tio and get the coroner. and don't tell what
yer don't know-do you mindi
left Long Jim laying down the Law. and
the sheriff listening, and I Judge that tn. ar
gument used was convincing, for the papersa
day or two afterward the verdict
OF the coroner as 1jnstifiahle homicide. while
escaping from the sheriff and bis posse"
As passed the spot where the victim was
lying, the pitiable pathos of tho silent figure
was increased by the woman that bent above
it, and snhbed @Oh. Bill and kissed the
knotted fingers that had often struck her in
anger. But human justice has this trait with
the divine. that it makes the innocent suffer
for the sins of the guilty.
This Is the only time I ever INST Judge
Lynch, and l must admit that the meeting,
although short wa impressive, and never
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-01
f.rncerIcx

srolR-Purc white 6,ic; OF white. G'E@
GA.c: yellow clarified, GG6'.ci open kettle,
5i.@jisc refined 4, G.c; standard granu-
lated, 75.c. plantation graduated, 7).c, pow
dcrcd. ~. cut Loaf, ne; steady.
Louisiana, j'aJc, Carolina, O95'Sc;
strong.
CsNpirs- Sticks, M sizes, in boxes, pals
aud barrels, Tsa9c; fancy assorted, SgilT
firm.
so,rs Avn C,SpLrs-Suar, 365,sc; can
dies, full weight, sl,d9c.
CnulsH-Ncw York factory, a.; full cream,
i3@l3i,c -; Young America lie.
CoTrrE-Common 1890: ordinary, 20lfCt
2nkc. fair. 2iAm22'.c; prime Rio, 2lAc,
choicc 10 fancy, 2i'.9sSHc, oldgoyernmcnt,
s,tT Saginaw. " sl@i ~ per barrel;
| sacks. fine. n JEai ~. coarse, II lOdl -
pos kcts. blcachcl. 81 -. mixed, barrels,
| so IA. mixed. 2i.N7c.
CsNNrn GoDDs-rinc npplcs, ~ 2jeli ~
Peaches pounds standard, A. 90 pounds,
standard. - 80. seconds. a 80 Tomatoes,
pounds standard, Sol ~ 3 pounds,
standard. III 2idt ~ Strawberries, ~ ~.
n,asphcrrics, y ~ Blackh.rrics - l2,tl -
Green cages. n 1jesi NJ. Pear, u 15'n2 -.
Plums, 81 056tl Is. Asparagus - 75ai -.
Green corn, a. 2jMl a.. Grcn peas, ~ 60
SIS. Cove oysters. full weight pound, 81;
pounds 81 G1tgi 20. light weight lpound
pillNir ? pounds. sal 10. Condensed
milk. Crown. s. 1905 ~, Eaelc, 81 IS; Swiss,
S5i. salmon. S22i. Sariinc., 81 gl, mus.
tarl ,aplincs. g. -. Maykcrcl, 81 70, herring
mnckcrcl. 81 -
MoL,s.rs-I0uisiana fair. i0c: choice now.
81; now prime, ijc. ccntr.luml, fancy. 40
81, common 10 fair, 2j92sc, prime 10 choice
iVpitc, very firm.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-12-01
unnArhnId snnnIIe,.

Aurtrs-kcntucky stock. S1tt1 per brl;
Ncw'Yurf, g. 2yti50. dricdnpplcs . isd6'sc
per pound from slorc. Dried peaches, q 40
80 from store.
Nsrr,nLrs Onions, A. 75stJ per brl,
81 - pgt la. Cabhagc- Northern, NtalOpcr
ion kmut-lhrrrls s. i1ftG, half barrels,
siNt - Guflic=fl per in1.
rf,str--BIrrl, o. Os1 90, half barrels,
tiftt IN.
Eags Weak nj 2iG2,c.
fEru-Omnrrs, tlaJ 10 per box, Ga7
per hrl. Lemons, tiaJ - per box. Bananas,
II Juai2 - pr bunch.
Ntu-Coc0anuts. 81 per 100. Peanuts
Virginia. g.. Tcnncs~c. farmers stock, so
g.. roasted 2'lc higher shcllcd, Toe. fccans
--rrVts. 7miuy
Ruuss-london layers 81; layers, 81 10,
California, q 10.
BtuE- nuttcrinc, ~; creamery, 2sg
go; dairy. is62lr, country butter, lh@9C.
poJttuY- Chickens Spring, ~ bf1 ~.
hens. o. $50 W. turkeys fGhtN dressed
chickens. ~ siti. IA. turkeys, Sale per
D.. ducks. a. iim3. geese. sMi.
Por,rors-lim, selling at ~Ntpnc per hu,
g ioas 80 pr bril- sweet potatoes, u 5o@2
pCr hfl.
Crnrr-Ncw York, 20 5oper brl aud - 20
Per half hrl.
Vivroln- p,r gallon. i0aiJc.
GANE quail, ~ 25nt ~ pcr dozen;
squirrels. 81 2bti Jpcr dozen. Ncniyun-
Whole dryr. i@,,. saddles, saiNc. Wild
ducks. VI o. a. per dozen. Rabbits, " h0tt
- pr dozen. Prairie chickens - per
tUHtu.